Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Israel’s strikes on Iran, and Iran’s response, caused a shudder on global financial markets on Friday. The price of oil surged in particular, up 7% by mid-afternoon on Friday. That has prompted worries that we could be facing another period of sharply higher energy prices, leading to...
Passport-holders from 12 nations are now outright banned from entering the United States. They are: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Seven more countries – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – face significant but not full restrictions on travel. Section...
Cameron Angus-Mackay, Andrew Thomson & Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland News SNS Ross County’s George Harmon reacts to an injury during Monday night’s play-off final Highland club Ross County’s battle for survival in the Scottish Premiership fizzled out with a 4-2 defeat to Livingston on Monday night. Relegation has left the Staggies – and its home...
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent BBC Former Royal Navy engineer, Lee, has been through rehabilitation for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more can cause ARBD, which affects a person’s...
Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images The Indus river flows through parts of India and Pakistan Will India be able to stop the Indus river and two of its tributaries from flowing into Pakistan? That’s the question on many minds, after India suspended a major treaty governing water sharing of six...
Amid talk of a trade war, Trump’s tariffs have also raised questions over the atmosphere at the various sports events it is due to host, not least the Ryder Cup in the US later this year. With European Union leaders highly critical of the policy, it would be little surprise if anti-European sentiment among the...
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images US President Donald Trump has announced fresh import taxes on goods being imported to America in the latest escalation of the global trade war. The UK has been hit with a 10% tariff on all of its goods being brought into the US, which Trump says is...